English Championship
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s English Championship news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoFrustrated Blackheath director of rugby James Shanahan calls for 2020-21 start
Shanahan wants the governing bodies involved in sport's return to take the brakes off rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoBill Sweeney urged to take the axe to untouched RFU-Premiership fund
Is the RFU chief executive keeping Premiership clubs happy so they release England players this autumn?
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCanterbury want no part in shortened National League season
The RFU plans to have National League rugby back in November but with much fewer than 30 games to be played
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoJohn Inverdale and RFU director comment on plans to further regionalise grassroots
A vote will be held on October 2 to determine whether clubs reduce schedule demand in National League One and below
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoLevi Davis is London-bound after leaving Bath
Ealing Trailfinders continue to build their squad for the new Championship season
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoNottingham sign fly-half following exit of Shane O’Leary to Rouen
Former Birmingham Moseley fly-half Sam Hollingsworth has joined the Green and Whites from Rotherham
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPlans for conference-style system in the Championship leads to talks at RFU
Ed Griffiths is leading reform to the structure of the second tier with a 76-page document on how to revolutionise the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPlymouth Albion left stunned by RFU points deduction and £20K fine for administrative error
TRP has been given access to the letter written by Plymouth Albion owner Dave Venables to the RFU
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoHow did Ealing academy starlet Harrison Obatoyinbo come to be signed by Toulon?
Obatoyinbo, 19, signed for Toulon last week after being approached by the Top 14 club
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoYorkshire Carnegie academy product Alex Rieder livid at programme’s collapse
Former Wasps flanker Alex Rieder labels the disbandedment of Yorkshire Carnegie's academy 'a joke'
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Championship clubs plan massive shake-up following review by ex-Saracens CEO Ed Griffiths
Is the Championship heading towards a collective bargaining agreement and upheaval of its structure?
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoPreston Grasshoppers head of rugby Gareth Dyer proposes blanket salary cap for National Leagues
Gareth Dyer lays out the options available to National League clubs and why an even salary cap is suitable all round
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoJudge me by my skill not my ethnicity, says Ashley Johnson
Johnson is now pursuing his coaching ambitions at Moseley and wants no prejudice in rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoExclusive: Yorkshire Carnegie disband academy as RFU pull funding support
The likes of Stuart Hooper, Danny Care and Jordan Crane came through the academy at Leeds
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDelon Armitage closing in on surprise move in England
The ex-England full-back has spent the past eight years in France with Toulon and Lyon
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCarl Kirwan on his Nottingham move and news of one more Green & Whites signing
Flanker Kirwan says he is looking forward to the competition in the back row at Championship level
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoLondon Scottish’s Mark Bright in no hurry to hang up boots at 41
The ex-England 7s forward may have his touring days behind him, but his desire to play rugby still burns
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoCharlie Walker explains why he chose Ealing over Premiership offers
The former Harlequins winger also had a year left at Zebre but was impressed by a chat with Ben Ward at...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoSaracens sign fly-half Will Hooley after leaving Bedford Blues
15-cap USA international says it was an 'easy decision' to join Saracens
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoTuilagi brothers agree Championship moves to London Scottish
The Tuilagi family's influence to English rugby grows further as Brian and Fred agree deals with Exiles
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoEaling Trailfinders confirm signing of Leicester’s Guy Thompson
Thompson's move to Ealing was exclusively revealed by TRP on April 26
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoNew regime at Old Redcliffians as Kevin Coster leaves
Old Redcliffians were relegated from National Two South along with Sutton & Epsom and Bournemouth
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoPremiership and Championship clubs cleared to return to training
Cleaning controls, PPE and temperature checks to be administered as rugby squads cleared to return
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRemembering Exeter Chiefs’ promotion to the Premiership ten years on
Rob Baxter and Tommy Hayes look back on the success of their Championship-winning season 2009-10
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU looking for new sponsor for Premier 15s as Tyrrells end deal
RFU begins search for new partnership as Premier 15s at risk starting new cycle without title sponsor
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDamian Welch takes the reins at Plymouth Albion and wants Championship chase
The former Exeter Chiefs lock has been named head coach at National One club Plymouth Albion
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGrassroots specialists share skeptical view over RFU £7m aid package
The RFU has been warned by grassroot specialists that its £7m financial aid package will be quickly be swallowed up as...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTRP’s National League One Team of the Season
The season didn't end naturally, but there's still plenty of strong performances to judge in our Nat One XV
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAmpthill fired up for second ride in the Championship
Amps chairman Alex Radley reflects on the team's debut season in the GK IPA Championship
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI knew this would be my last season at Newcastle and there’s comfort in that, says Italy-bound John Wells
The Falcons defence coach shares the conversation he had with Dean Richards
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoAfter steering Taunton to National One, kicking guru Tony Yapp wants 50:22 law
A believer in the proposed 50:22 law trialled by World Rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoObscurity of National 1 clubs sees null and voiding of contracts proposed
A bid to curtail expenditure has hit strong opposition in the third tier of English rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNational One in conflict over salary cap reduction
Not everyone in National League One is in favour of a financial reset
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDoncaster Knights deducted five points for breaching RFU’s rules on agents
Championship club found to have breached intermediary regulations and docked points
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEx-Gloucester prop Gareth Denman one of two signings set to hit trail to Ealing
Neil Fissler reports on the two players set to switch Championship clubs, plus Exeter Chiefs extend deal for veteran
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoJohn Wells to leave Newcastle Falcons for role in Italy
Defence coach John Wells will take up a new challenge with Rugby Colorno
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoDejected Otley go on the offensive after relegation by RFU
Otley are seething at their relegation from National League Two North under the RFU's formula
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons Test star to leave despite promotion back to Premiership
Mulling over his options after playing his last game for the Falcons
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoLondon Welsh aim to harness their steeped history in rebuild
The Exiles are putting things in place to climb through the leagues
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU have reached a fair outcome says Hill, as Richmond bounce back
Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill has his say on how the RFU's formula to decide league outcomes fared
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoSale Sharks and Exeter Chiefs confirmed as Premier 15s clubs
Richmond Women and Waterloo Ladies lose place in Premier 15s
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU reveals final outcomes for leagues across England
Details of who is promoted and who is relegation have been released by RFU
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoI don’t want a 73-26 thumping to be the last game of my career – Tom Varndell
The Premiership's record tryscorer talks Yorkshire Carnegie, feeling old, and how important Leicester and Wasps are to him
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU confirm how promotion and relegation for the Championship and below will work
Outcomes for Championship, Premier 15s, National Leagues and below to be formalised on Friday
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoUnbeaten Caldy urge RFU to honour their promotion
News that the RFU won't be making the null and voiding the Men's season will be welcomed by unbeaten Caldy
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNottingham furlough all playing staff in order to avoid redundancies
Nottingham will seek the government's assistance in paying its wage bill
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoNewcastle Falcons place all players and staff on unpaid leave
Championship leaders Newcastle take steps to limit financial impact
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMike Te’o’s season ends at London Scottish before it starts
The unfortunate story of the USA international who landed in London to play in the Championship in the week the shutdown...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRFU paint dire picture of its financial security, but pledges rescue package for clubs
The RFU has forecast losses of £45m-50m over the next 18 months due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoEaling Trailfinders skipper Rayn Smid pens extension
The Championship club have agreed new deals with senior figures Rayn Smid and Alun Walker
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